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Google’s YouTube White House Privacy Policy: “Trust Us”

in Media on June 22, 2009 at 3:00 am PT

How do we know that Google isn’t tracking the viewing records of people who watch YouTube videos at the official White House Web site? Because Google says so. The Electronic Frontier Foundation says that’s good enough for it, but Google’s answer may not satisfy everyone.
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To Avoid Korean Law, YouTube Disables Some Features

in News on April 13, 2009 at 4:41 pm PT

YouTube’s cat-and-mouse game with governments abroad continues. To avoid a South Korean law that would require users who upload or comment on videos to first register with their real names, YouTube last week disabled those two features on its local Korean site, according to the company. The move garnered new attention Monday, after it was reported by a Korean publication, Hankyoreh.